Raise Your Hand If You Love Horses: Pat Parelli's Journey from Zero to Hero

by Kathy Swan and Pat Parelli

Book Overview

This book chronicles the first fifty years of Pat Parelli's life. From a kid growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area suburbs watching television Westerns to becoming a young bronc rider, and from a typical horse trainer trying to make a living to an internationally renowned figure who has helped hundreds of thousands of people develop a partnership with horses, he has made a long and rewarding journey.

In his book, Pat describes the early...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0911647759
• ISBN13: 9780911647754
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Western Horseman Book
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.1" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Loved it!

I'm a Parelli student, and have been for many years now. I really enjoyed reading this book and learning the in-depth story behind Pat and his journey to *now*. You get a sense of his life when he chats during his demos and seminars, but this book, with pictures, really helped me understand the chronology of his life and experiences. It's a quick read, and for anyone involved in natural horsemanship, and Parelli specifically, I think this is an interesting and fun book.

Great Book!

This book is exactly what I had expected. Not a "how to" but rather a more in depth look at Pat Parelli himself. I highly recommend this book.

Loved It!

Being a fan of Pat Parelli already, I absolutely loved this book! It is very well written for the most part. It is a little bit educational, but mostly it is entertaining. It almost reads like a novel. I think that any "horsey" person would enjoy this book, but I highly recommend it to all Parelli fans. Pat, former gang member, huh?! There's lots of fascinating and entertaining tidbits just like that in the book.

An Excellent Book!

This book was a wonderful insight into Pat Parelli's life. I found it hard to put down! Anyone who shares a passion for horses would enyoy it, whether they follow Parelli's methods or not. Especially nice are the comments from his friends, mentors, trainers, and others dispersed thoughout. "Raise Your Hand if You Love Horses" is not a training manual - it is a biography of one of the world's most respected horseman and how he got there, both personally and professionally. I cried, laughed and thoroughly enjoyed the read from cover to cover. I also believe that Annette Winters review is totally bogus and written without much (if any) thought or knowledge of Pat Parelli's program. The program is based on rider safety... one of the fist things you learn as a student in this program is how to "stop your horse" safely and effectively! One thing you will never see respectable clinicians/horsemen do is cut down their peers - to do so shows insecurity and jealousy, just to name a few.

Pat Parelli is wonderful

The review by Annette E. Winter is bogus, IMHO. Anyone who really knows anything about Pat Parelli knows that her criticisms are false. True, he is a shrewd merchandiser, and personally I appreciate that he has made commercially available products through which he can share his knowledge and experience. You know, it's not easy to make a living out of your love for horses. Pat Parelli has found a wonderful way to do that, and I applaud him. Ms. Winter claims on her web site that she will try to fix your horse problems for free. Yeah, right. Ms. Winter's criticisms are uninformed and catty (my apologies to cats). She even stoops to criticize his spelling. Go to to Ms. Winter's web site and see where she spells "movie" as "move", and "watches" as "wathces", and "however many" as "howevermany". I'm glad that Ms. Winter is a horse lover, and apparently has a lot to share with other horse lovers. She should stick to that and refrain from criticizing others that she deems to be less than her.